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1. Someone who is pious is very religious and moral. He was brought up by pious female relatives. ...pious acts of charity. ADJ • piously Conti kneeled and crossed himself piously. ADV: ADV with v 2. If you describe someone’s words as pious, you think that their words are full of good intentions but do not lead to anything useful being done. What we need is not manifestos of pious intentions, but real action. ADJ: ADJ n c darkgreen]disapproval • piously The groups at the conference spoke piously of their fondness for democracy. ADV: ADV with v
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adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Latin pius Date: 15th century 1. a. marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship b. marked by conspicuous religiosity a hypocrite—a thing all ~ words and uncharitable deeds — Charles Reade 2. sacred or devotional as distinct from the profane or secular ; religious a ~ opinion 3. showing loyal reverence for a person or thing ; dutiful 4. a. marked by sham or hypocrisy b. marked by self-conscious virtue ; virtuous 5. deserving commendation ; worthy a ~ effort • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. 1 devout; religious. 2 hypocritically virtuous; sanctimonious. 3 dutiful. Phrases and idioms pious fraud a deception intended to benefit those deceived, esp. religiously. Derivatives piously adv. piousness n. Etymology: L pius dutiful, pious ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. набожный, благочестивый, религиозный pious literature —- религиозная литература 2. глубоко, искренне чувствующий 3. добродетельный pious effort —- добродетельный (достойный уважения) поступок pious hope —- благое намерение 4. ханжеский; лицемерный pious perjury (fraud, deception) —- ложь во спасение 5. уст. с уважением относящийся к родителям, старшим и т. п. Id: pious opinion —- широко распространенное верование, вера во что-л. ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ adj 1 having strong religious beliefs, and showing this in the way you behave 2 pretending to have sincere religious feelings in order to make people think you are better than you really are (Don't believe any of his pious talk.) 3 pious hope/wish something that you want to be true or to happen, but that probably will not (- see also piety) - piously adv - piousness n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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